Monthly Archives: June 2011

When I started writing this post, I had just returned from the CILIP Career Development Group’s New Professionals Conference in Manchester, where Katie Birkwood, my beautiful co-presenter, and I stood on a stage and encouraged some of the bright, young things of libraries … Continue reading →

A schools liaison session with the historic collections in the Library at St John’s College, Oxford – Stewart Tiley Making contact I was chatting to our Schools Liaison Officer a few months ago, and she mentioned that she organized parties of sixth … Continue reading →

One thing that makes starting community engagement projects in special collections challenging is the lack of accessible written examples of good practice. To improve the situation I have asked some librarians who are doing successful outreach to blog about their work … Continue reading →

The Rare Books and Special Collections Group conference 2011, ‘If you’ve got, it flaunt it’, is open for booking. This year it’s all about how to promote your collections to a variety of audiences. More details and an application form are available … Continue reading →